Effing cancer is an effing effer, frankly
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Last year my mum (59) had breast cancer found during screening. Swiftly operated, clear margins, no spread to lymph nodes, etc. Bit of radiotherapy and tablets to minimise levels of oestrogen, sorted.
However for a few years she has suffered with sudden bouts of diarrhoea and after a few tests including colonoscopy, nothing was found. She has been morbidly obese for a long time not helped by the anti anxiety and depression medication she has needed for the last 20+ years, but now she has no appetite for anything and losing a lot of weight daily. Recently been having pain around the right side of her abdomen. Had liver ultrasound, CT scan, biopsy. Turns out she has a neuroendocrine tumour somewhere that has spread and taken over most of her liver. Might be what has been causing the diarrhoea, might be a slow developing thing as the symptoms have been going on a while. Only found out a couple of hours ago after talking to my dad and they need to wait to see a NET specialist to see what treatment options are.
She has also been complaining of a bit of pain in the other breast, they now think there is a raised lymph node there, but who knows where that has come from - the original breast cancer found last year, or somewhere else.
Got a waiting game now to see if the newer cancer is a type that responds well to treatment, and then what the significance of the new lymph node is.
It was meant to be simple after the early breast cancer diagnosis last year. No one could have seen the rest coming.
However for a few years she has suffered with sudden bouts of diarrhoea and after a few tests including colonoscopy, nothing was found. She has been morbidly obese for a long time not helped by the anti anxiety and depression medication she has needed for the last 20+ years, but now she has no appetite for anything and losing a lot of weight daily. Recently been having pain around the right side of her abdomen. Had liver ultrasound, CT scan, biopsy. Turns out she has a neuroendocrine tumour somewhere that has spread and taken over most of her liver. Might be what has been causing the diarrhoea, might be a slow developing thing as the symptoms have been going on a while. Only found out a couple of hours ago after talking to my dad and they need to wait to see a NET specialist to see what treatment options are.
She has also been complaining of a bit of pain in the other breast, they now think there is a raised lymph node there, but who knows where that has come from - the original breast cancer found last year, or somewhere else.
Got a waiting game now to see if the newer cancer is a type that responds well to treatment, and then what the significance of the new lymph node is.
It was meant to be simple after the early breast cancer diagnosis last year. No one could have seen the rest coming.
EVOTECH3BELL said:
EVOTECH3BELL said:
After being ill since November, on Monday (my birthday) we got told my father has what they are classing as stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He's 63.
Secondary nodules pressing on the stomach and kidneys, multiple trips and A&E and months for an official diagnosis.
Feel like I've been grieving for him when he is still here.
Treatment doesn't look like it will have any positive outcome, discussions and decisions still to be made.
Hes back in hospital with a blockage into the bowelSecondary nodules pressing on the stomach and kidneys, multiple trips and A&E and months for an official diagnosis.
Feel like I've been grieving for him when he is still here.
Treatment doesn't look like it will have any positive outcome, discussions and decisions still to be made.
Got told yesterday that there is nothing they can do so it's a case of getting him home and spending the last few days/weeks with him as a family.
Watched him go from being active and healthy, gym 4 times a week to this in the space of 4 months.
Brutal
Taken too soon.
Ride safe.
A passing acquaintance that I know, diagnosed with cancer back in early February. had been feeling unwell, been fobbed off by the doctors and in February they ran a barrage of tests.
results came back and they has found that she had cancer, and that it was stage 4.
They passed away a week ago.
Cancer can go do one. It takes many well before their time.
results came back and they has found that she had cancer, and that it was stage 4.
They passed away a week ago.
Cancer can go do one. It takes many well before their time.
General Price said:
EVOTECH3BELL said:
RIP Dad.
Taken too soon.
Ride safe.
Sorry for your loss Evo,unfortunately I think pancreatic cancer a bigger effing effer than most other cancers.Taken too soon.
Ride safe.
Pockets of this place are really amazing. Take care of yourself.
Sorry for everyones loss, I hear of more people suffering with this and claiming more as I go along on my own journey.
I started my new treatment these last 2 weeks. Been feeling really poor and weak, constantly tired, I have a niggly headache, and just generally s
t. When I was having R-CHOP I was able to function for the most part and get on with little things in life. I thought I may get away with it and carry on as I have been able to do before. Pretty much since last Wednesday I have crashed, no energy whatsoever. A dog walk around the block is an event and have to lie down afterwards. My plans of spending afternoons in the garage getting things sorted on kit car have come to a halt and I hate it. Stuck in the house with the same 4 walls and rubbish daytime TV. I'm not one for box sets and any other TV series so just end up with repeats on Quest for hours a day..
I have 2 weeks before my next round of treatment which they have moved to align with my Stem cell harvesting at the end of April.
Hoping to start picking myself up this week and get out and enjoy something at some point before my next round which I fear will destroy me until I go in for the Stem cell..
Stay safe all
I started my new treatment these last 2 weeks. Been feeling really poor and weak, constantly tired, I have a niggly headache, and just generally s
t. When I was having R-CHOP I was able to function for the most part and get on with little things in life. I thought I may get away with it and carry on as I have been able to do before. Pretty much since last Wednesday I have crashed, no energy whatsoever. A dog walk around the block is an event and have to lie down afterwards. My plans of spending afternoons in the garage getting things sorted on kit car have come to a halt and I hate it. Stuck in the house with the same 4 walls and rubbish daytime TV. I'm not one for box sets and any other TV series so just end up with repeats on Quest for hours a day..I have 2 weeks before my next round of treatment which they have moved to align with my Stem cell harvesting at the end of April.
Hoping to start picking myself up this week and get out and enjoy something at some point before my next round which I fear will destroy me until I go in for the Stem cell..
Stay safe all
Two years ago I did the bowel cancer screening poo test which showed up an anomaly. After colonoscopies and various scans I was diagnosed with suspected colon cancer. I had 6” removed which left a 12” scar but turns out it wasn’t cancer and all ok. This was bit of a wake-up call and we decided to retire early. Fast forward a year and Mrs S has her breast cancer screening which shows up an anomaly which was cancerous and removed. She has a course of radiotherapy and all ok again. Until last week where She requested a mammogram due to some pain and discolouration. She had all the non-invasive tests but got a call today to come in next Monday for a biopsy.
Just as I thought it was all over and we could get on with our retirement it all kicks off again.
Just as I thought it was all over and we could get on with our retirement it all kicks off again.
Posted a few years ago about MIL, after being fobbed off by her Dr’s for 3-4 months at around year 4 into remission turns out her cancer has returned, spread and terminal. Carbon copy of her original diagnosis where the Dr’s persisted it was heartburn / bloating for 6 months or so.
Dr said weeks to months, at just 62 it’s hit my wife rather hard (she’s 29).
Cancer can FRO.
Dr said weeks to months, at just 62 it’s hit my wife rather hard (she’s 29).
Cancer can FRO.
Quick update:
Melanoma found on the back of my eye last August, so operation to insert metal marker clips in September, treated with proton beam radiotherapy in October. Meanwhile CT scan showed something around my left armpit, rechecked with ultrasound, was nothing. Probably there from having Covid and flu jabs in the same week as the scan.
Back to Moorfields in early Feb & the cretin on my eye is shrinking. Vision in that eye is still very much impaired though because of fluid from the tumour behind the retina which is therefore detached. It remains to be seen how much it recovers. Having injections in it every 3 months to try to help that. The jabs are bad, but the 3 hours afterwards are mental ! I can see perfectly well though because my other eye is fine so it's not really interfering with life & there's never really been any pain from it barring a dull ache occasionally,
Something also visible on my liver last October via MRI (but not thought to be cancerous). Rescanned in Feb & still there, so had a biopsy 3 weeks ago. Very big needle through my ride side under local. Was a bit tricky to get to by all accounts but he managed it. Spent the day in hospital for it. Felt very odd & uncomfortable for a couple of hours. Been waiting for the last 3 weeks for the result. Not cancerous = "Yay", Cancerous = whole new ball game & course of treatment and/or surgery.
Phone call yesterday...NOT cancerous.
.....I have to confess to having a little "moment" at that. Thank fk for that.
Going forward I will have MRIs on my Liver ( because that's where the cretin will go if it travels) & my eye looked at & measured every 6 months, jabs in it every 3 months & it remains to be seen if the sight recovers, . My eye could still go south in the coming years & have to be removed anyway but for now some light at the end of the tunnel which isn't an oncoming train!
Think I'm going to go on holiday for a couple of weeks, its been a bit of an upheaval..(and for the Mrs). Big love to everyone that's having to deal with this themselves or for loved ones. It does do your head in a bit.
Melanoma found on the back of my eye last August, so operation to insert metal marker clips in September, treated with proton beam radiotherapy in October. Meanwhile CT scan showed something around my left armpit, rechecked with ultrasound, was nothing. Probably there from having Covid and flu jabs in the same week as the scan.
Back to Moorfields in early Feb & the cretin on my eye is shrinking. Vision in that eye is still very much impaired though because of fluid from the tumour behind the retina which is therefore detached. It remains to be seen how much it recovers. Having injections in it every 3 months to try to help that. The jabs are bad, but the 3 hours afterwards are mental ! I can see perfectly well though because my other eye is fine so it's not really interfering with life & there's never really been any pain from it barring a dull ache occasionally,
Something also visible on my liver last October via MRI (but not thought to be cancerous). Rescanned in Feb & still there, so had a biopsy 3 weeks ago. Very big needle through my ride side under local. Was a bit tricky to get to by all accounts but he managed it. Spent the day in hospital for it. Felt very odd & uncomfortable for a couple of hours. Been waiting for the last 3 weeks for the result. Not cancerous = "Yay", Cancerous = whole new ball game & course of treatment and/or surgery.
Phone call yesterday...NOT cancerous.
.....I have to confess to having a little "moment" at that. Thank fk for that.Going forward I will have MRIs on my Liver ( because that's where the cretin will go if it travels) & my eye looked at & measured every 6 months, jabs in it every 3 months & it remains to be seen if the sight recovers, . My eye could still go south in the coming years & have to be removed anyway but for now some light at the end of the tunnel which isn't an oncoming train!
Think I'm going to go on holiday for a couple of weeks, its been a bit of an upheaval..(and for the Mrs). Big love to everyone that's having to deal with this themselves or for loved ones. It does do your head in a bit.
) I hate that this thread is so regularly updated but in between all of the trepidation and heartache there is always some positive news.
My most recent follow up marked two years since the end of my treatment for testicular cancer. I am now on to six monthly blood tests and the next CT scan is scheduled for 2026. All good, apart from the crippling anxiety which continues to precede each appointment.
It was also our son's second birthday today, still very odd looking back at photos from when he was born and I'd finished my last chemo cycle just days earlier. Some funny photos of us. Me; lethargic, bloated, pale and bald. Him; freshly minted, angry, bright red and also bald.
So grateful for the two years I've had with him which were never a given and pretty emotional thinking about those who have been in similar situations and haven't been so lucky.
My most recent follow up marked two years since the end of my treatment for testicular cancer. I am now on to six monthly blood tests and the next CT scan is scheduled for 2026. All good, apart from the crippling anxiety which continues to precede each appointment.
It was also our son's second birthday today, still very odd looking back at photos from when he was born and I'd finished my last chemo cycle just days earlier. Some funny photos of us. Me; lethargic, bloated, pale and bald. Him; freshly minted, angry, bright red and also bald.
So grateful for the two years I've had with him which were never a given and pretty emotional thinking about those who have been in similar situations and haven't been so lucky.
FactoryBacked said:
I hate that this thread is so regularly updated but in between all of the trepidation and heartache there is always some positive news.
My most recent follow up marked two years since the end of my treatment for testicular cancer. I am now on to six monthly blood tests and the next CT scan is scheduled for 2026. All good, apart from the crippling anxiety which continues to precede each appointment.
It was also our son's second birthday today, still very odd looking back at photos from when he was born and I'd finished my last chemo cycle just days earlier. Some funny photos of us. Me; lethargic, bloated, pale and bald. Him; freshly minted, angry, bright red and also bald.
So grateful for the two years I've had with him which were never a given and pretty emotional thinking about those who have been in similar situations and haven't been so lucky.
Congratulations on the good news!My most recent follow up marked two years since the end of my treatment for testicular cancer. I am now on to six monthly blood tests and the next CT scan is scheduled for 2026. All good, apart from the crippling anxiety which continues to precede each appointment.
It was also our son's second birthday today, still very odd looking back at photos from when he was born and I'd finished my last chemo cycle just days earlier. Some funny photos of us. Me; lethargic, bloated, pale and bald. Him; freshly minted, angry, bright red and also bald.
So grateful for the two years I've had with him which were never a given and pretty emotional thinking about those who have been in similar situations and haven't been so lucky.
I'm waiting on a referral to the hospital for an ultrasound for checking for a few things including possible testicular cancer. To say i'm crapping myself is an understatement!
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